Antimicrobial Resistance

Contract with FDA designed to track antimicrobial resistance nationwide

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, December 24th, 2002

Focus Technologies, Inc., announced that the company has been awarded a 5-year, $2.1 million optioned contract with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

The FDA has selected Focus Technologies to help the organization develop a proactive and comprehensive assessment of antimicrobial resistance. The contract, titled "Surveillance of the Emergence of Antibiotic Resistance," will grant the FDA access to The Surveillance Network (TSN), Focus Technologies' comprehensive, real-time antibiotic resistance database. This access will provide the FDA with unparalleled capabilities to effectively evaluate the development of antimicrobial agents intended to treat patients in the...

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